ἐξήγαγεν. Not of course at the conclusion of the last scene, but at the end of the forty days, Acts 1:3.

ἕως πρός. ‘As far as towards Bethany’ (πρός, אBCD, &c.), i.e. “over against,” R.V[422] The traditional scene of the Ascension is the central summit of the Mount of Olives (Jebel et-Tur); but it is far more probable that it took place in one of the secluded uplands which lie about the village. See a beautiful passage in Dean Stanley’s Sinai and Palestine, ch. 3.

[422] R.V. Revised Version.

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